I'm a Libertarian living in Humboldt County, CA. I've lived here in Eureka since 1973 and joined the Libertarian Party in 1992. This blog will mostly focus on local political issues, but I may stray into state and national issues as well, when I can't help myself. Please post your comments by clicking on the "comments" link at the bottom of each post. Although I do moderate comments, you need not be a registered user to post them.

Saturday, November 04, 2006

He Waits 'Til Now?

Can he do that? I'm not sure he can. He still has to file paperwork. Isn't it too late for that?

I can understand people getting annoyed with people filing paper candidacies for frivolous reasons, but this seems to go way beyond that. If he's serious, this makes no sense and he should have waited until the State Assembly seat is up for grabs again in a couple years.

Whether he bothers with filing two years from now, only time will tell. I'll have to say, though, declaring a candidacy a week before the election shows a kind of goofball judgement that should prevent anyone from taking him seriously.

In fairness, the Times- Standard doesn't say when he filed, assuming he filed at all.

Oh, a hint to any other potential candidates out there: Don't bring up federal issues- the article mentions his position on troops in Iraq- when you're running for a state office. That can just get you into trouble that you had no reason to get into in the first place.